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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS188 - Sunset Pier

27 February, 2017

Team Leader
Dianne Martyn
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
9 kgs (estimated)

10.624192, 103.294936

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS188 - Sunset Pier
Organization/Dive Centre
Save Cambodia Marine Life
City
M'Pei Bay
Country
Cambodia
Date
27 February, 2017
Survey Duration
95 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.624192
Longitude: 103.294936
Weather Conditions
Stormy at Night
Survey Depth Range
0–2 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 10
Bags: Trash (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 14
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 15
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 42
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers 1
Plastic Fragments 4
Rope (plastic/nylon) 12
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 6
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 7
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 5
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 7
Cloth Fragments 8
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 5
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
metal bowl 1
plastic flower 1
electric line 1
zipper 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Macro Crabs
Number Entangled 3
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Nets and Line
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Drupella Shells - juvenile
Number Entangled 6
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris lines and nets
Comments Found after sorting debris, released back into ocean

Tourism and uneducated fisherman

Plate, Plastic flower, zipper

plastic wrappers

nets

rope


was difficult to cut netting and rope from corals and the ground. Need practice snorkeling.

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